linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch] getrusage: fill ru_ixrss, ru_idrss and ru

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Message-Id: <20091208181117.B5C9.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue,  8 Dec 2009 18:21:19 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch] getrusage: fill ru_ixrss, ru_idrss and ru_isrss fields

> KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > 	The next three fields, the subject of this patch, are named ru_XXrss:
> > 	though the 80-column comment omits to say "resident set" before "size",
> > 	I believe they'd be expected to account (subdivided) resident set sizes?
> > 
> > 
> > your calculation is not rss nor not integral.
> > 
> 
> Hmm, I misunderstood rss here. Does it mean the memory stayed in
> physical mem? i.e. not swapped out.

Yes.

Plus, 'integral' mean "tick * rss". but in dyntick environment, per tick statistics is not
so easy nor low cost.

> So, if I want to get those rss statistics, I have to add some more
> mm_counter by myself? I only find file_rss and anon_rss in mm_struct.

Hmm..
I doubt nobody use such statistics. if nobody explain real world usage, I oppose to add
new counter overhead.



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